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00. Museum presentation by Josep Roca

<p>The Palafrugell Cork Museum is located in the old modernist factory 'Can Mario'. Palafrugell Cork Museum Image Bank.</p>

01. Palafrugell's Cork Museum

<p>Cork oak forest. Palafrugell Cork Museum Image Bank.</p>

02. The cork grove

<p>Space where visitors can participate in the Cork in Progress exhibition. Palafrugell Cork Museum Image Bank.</p>

03. Peeling the cork and participative area

<p>Artisan workspace in the permanent exhibition. On the left, a glass cabinet with knives used to strip, slice and make stoppers.</p>

04. Knives used to strip, slice and make stoppers

<p>Table with moulds used to manufacture pith helmets. ILECO Collection.</p>

05. Pith helmet made with cork

<p>Permanent exhibition area. The traditional cork stopper making process. Palafrugell Cork Museum Image Bank.</p>

06. Making stoppers: The gradual mechanisation of an artisan process

<p>Knives used to cut and slice the cork, and to make cork stoppers. From the Família Ferré, Pelai Roques and Cork Museum collections. Palafrugell Cork Museum.</p>

07. Knives used to cut and slice the cork, and to make cork stoppers

<p>Cork stopper machine. From the collection of the Children of Benito Planellas. Sant Feliu de Guíxols. Palafrugell Cork Museum.</p>

08. Cork stopper machine

<p>Temporary exhibition room. Palafrugell Cork Museum Image Bank.</p>

09. The manufacturing area, with temporary exhibitions

<p>Temporary exhibition room. Wooden bathtub owned by the Brotherhood of Sant Sebastià in Selva de Mar. Palafrugell Cork Museum Image Bank.</p>

10. Wooden bathtub

<p>Aspecte de la sala d'exposicions temporals quan s'hi fàbricava. Museu del Suro de Palafrugell.</p>

11. Manufacture of cork paper

<p>The Modernist water tank at Can Mario is an outstanding example of the industrial heritage of Catalonia (1904-1905).</p>

12. Interpretation Centre of the Art Nouveau Reservoir at Can Mario

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